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In this Issue:

• CUSID National Championships
• Winter Semester Meeting Times
  
• Executive Position Open
• Last Meeting & Good Luck With Exams!
  

Thanks to everyone who applied for the National Championships.

The following individuals, in alphabetical order, will represent CUDS at the 2005 English Canadian National Championships in Edmonton.  An "N" indicates that the member is a novice.

<>Ike Awgu
Jordan Charbonneau (N)
Andrew Christie
Wayne Chu
Mike Powell
Padraic Ryan
Jessica Scorpio (N)

All those selected are expected to attend meetings for preparation and practice purposes.

CUDS is also planning on attending the McGill Winter Carnival and CUSID Central Canadian Championships next semester.  Sign up for those tournaments will occur next semester.

With the next semester only a month away, we ask all members to send in their preferences for Winter Semester Meeting Times.  This is your chance to ensure that debate meetings fit with your schedule.  While we will try our hardest to make sure meetings work for you, please note that conflicts do occur and we cannot accommodate everyone.  Note that the Friday afternoon meeting time traditionally does not change.

Please send in your top three preferences (day of week, and time available) to Wayne Chu at vpcom@carletondebate.org.

Josh Prowse, the current Secretary-Treasurer of CUDS, will be leaving us next semester, so the position of Secretary-Treasurer will be vacant come January.  A by-election to fill his position will take place early in the Winter semester.

If you would like to run, contact the Executive at exec@carletondebate.org by December 30, 2004.

The Secretary-Treasurer is responsible for maintaining the records of the society, keeping track of membership fees, drafting and implementing the Society budget, and managing our activities with the bank.  If you have any questions regarding this position, do not hesitate to contact the Executive.

We would also like to thank Josh for his hard work over the past few years.

The last day of classes is December 6, so there will be no more debate meetings after this for the Fall Semester.  Meetings will resume in January.  Ad hoc meetings can be arranged between interested parties - the best way to organize those is through our CUSIDnet forum.  See http://www.carletondebate.org/cusidnet  for more information on how to get access.

In the meantime, all of us at the Carleton University Debating Society wish you the best of luck with your final exams in the coming weeks and wish you all a happy holidays.

See you in January!